Alexander Dmitrievich Zaytsev (russian: Александр Дмитриевич Зайцев) (June 3, 1903,

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, o ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

– May 12, 1982,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the

Leningrad Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...

, and professor of painting of the

Repin Institute of Arts Repin (russian: Ре́пин; masculine) or Repina (; feminine) is a Russian last name. It is derived from the sobriquet ''"репа"'' ("turnip") and may refer to the following people: *Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Ukrainian and Russian painter * Niko ...

, who played an important role in the formation of the

Leningrad school of painting The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...

Biography

Alexander Dmitrievich Zaytsev was born on June 3, 1903, in

city on Amur River. In 1920-1924 he studied in Blagoveshchensk School of Industrial Art. In 1924 he comes to Leningrad and enters the VHUTEIN, where he studied with Osip Braz and Vasily Savinsky. In 1930 Zaytsev graduated from Art Institute as an artist of painting, his graduate work was a picture named «May Day in Leningrad». Alexander Zaytsev participated in Art Exhibitions since 1928. He painted genre paintings, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. In 1928-1932 Zaitsev was a member and exhibitor of the Leningrad association «Circle of Artists». Since 1932 he was a member of the Leningrad Union of the Soviet Artists. In 1930-1982 Alexander Zaytsev taught at the Repin Institute. He was Ph.D. in Art History (1943) and professor of painting since 1948, a Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation (1967), a head of personal studio of painting (1963-1982). In 1971 he was awarded the

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

. Among his most known paintings were «Stonemasons» (1929), «Motherhood» (1930), «A Foundry of the Baltic Plant» (1933), «Fishermen on Onega Lake» (1935), «Kivach waterfall» (1938), «On the Neva river» (1947), «On the North» (1950), «A Spring» (1955), «Spring in Samarkhand» (1956), «Working settlement» (1957), «Night on the Neva river» (1963), «A Portrait of fisher women Busarova» (1964), «Toilers of the Sea» (1967), «Lenin and Maxim Gorky in Gorki» (1970), «Twilights», «In fishing collective farm in the North» (both 1975), and others.

Pupils

* Nikolai Baskakov * Dmitry Belyaev *

Zlata Bizova Zlata Nikolaevna Bizova (russian: Зла́та Никола́евна Бызо́ва; 29 March 1927, Leningrad, USSR - 8 August 2013) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Lening ...

Valery Vatenin Valery Vladimirovich Vatenin (russian: Вале́рий Влади́мирович Вате́нин; January 27, 1933, Leningrad, USSR – June 16, 1977, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, ...

Nina Veselova Nina Leonidovna Veselova (russian: Ни́на Леони́довна Весело́ва; January 6, 1922, Petrograd, Soviet Russia – March 3, 1960, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticis ...

Tatiana Gorb Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Го́рб; April 27, 1935 – 2013) is a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, and illustrator, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly L ...

Abram Grushko Abram Borisovich Grushko (russian: Абра́м Бори́сович Грушко́; 6 June 1918 – 15 March 1980) was a Soviet painter and art teacher that lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Art ...

Alexei Eriomin Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin (russian: Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Ерё́мин; March 17, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint P ...

Vecheslav Zagonek Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (russian: Вячесла́в Фра́нцевич Заго́нек; December 19, 1919 – June 24, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, w ...

* Leonid Kabachek *

Tatiana Kopnina Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Копнина́; November 11, 1921 – March 6, 2009) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She is ...

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (russian: Ма́йя Кузьми́нична Копы́тцева; May 18, 1924, in Gagry, Abkhazia, USSR – June 6, 2005, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RS ...

Valeria Larina Valeria Borisovna Larina (russian: Вале́рия Бори́совна Ла́рина; April 10, 1926 – February 25, 2008) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) ...

* Sergei Lastochkin * Anatoli Levitin *

Oleg Lomakin Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin (russian: Оле́г Леони́дович Лома́кин; August 29, 1924, Krasny Kholm, Tver Province, USSR – March 25, 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, Honored ...

Valentina Monakhova Valentina Vasilievna Monakhova (russian: Валенти́на Васи́льевна Мона́хова; born August 23, 1932, in Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, living and working in ...

Nikolai Mukho Nikolai Antonovich Mukho (russian: Никола́й Анто́нович Мухо́; December 6, 1913, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire – August 6, 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and ...

* Alexander Naumov *

Anatoli Nenartovich Anatoli Nenartovich (russian: Анато́лий Ненарто́вич; 10 July 1915 – 1 January 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad and known as representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous ...

* Vladimir Proshkin * Igor Razdrogin * Galina Rumiantseva * Mikhail Trufanov *

Yuri Tulin Yuri Nilovich Tulin (russian: Ю́рий Ни́лович Ту́лин; August 14, 1921 in Maksatikha village, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – April 27, 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) -was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian F ...

* Nikolai Furmankov * Boris Kharchenko *

Yuri Khukhrov Yuri Dmitrievich Khukhrov (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Хухро́в; May 14, 1932, Leningrad, USSR – November 22, 2003, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art te ...

Vladimir Chekalov Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov (russian: Влади́мир Фё́дорович Чека́лов; July 6, 1922 – June 4, 1992) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the ...

* Vitaliy Semenchenko * and a lot of others.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.357—360, 362, 364—366, 368, 371—373, 382, 384, 387, 398.

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